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Remembering Mama Africa: struggle of fearless singer Miriam Makeba told in daring dance drama by Lyndsey Winship

Mimi's Shebeen, choreographed by Alesandra Seutin, charts South African legend's exile and ascendancy with 'beautiful songs, strong messages and moments that hit' "You speak about Miriam Makeba in South Africa and it's like speaking about a queen," says Alesandra Seutin. The legendary singer Makeba was known as Mama Africa, and the Empress of African Song; but she also hung out in Greenwich Village with Miles Davis a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM on October 15, 2025

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